Electric shaving cup



Jan. 1, 1929.

G. HARvls ELECTRIC SHAVING CUP Filed March 23, 1928 III/IIIIIIIII,':$I"

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Patented Jan. 1, 1 929.

GEORGE HARVIS; onnmnomg MICHIGAN;-

' EEEG'DRICiSHkVING. CUP. 4 I

' Application filed March 23, .1928 Serial. No. 264,09

My invention; relatesto'a new and useful has forits objectthe provision of a shaving cup in which a quantity of waterinaybe heatedby electricity andin which therewill be provided a compartment forcontaining;

the shaving soapg It is anotherobject of the invention] to providea device of this class which will be simplein structure, economical of manufacture andhiglily e'llicient in use. l;

Another object of the invention is the pro- .v

vision of a. shavingcup of thisv class which will besanitaryand in which the'structure is such thatthesoap." container may be removed therefromfor cleaning, when desired.

Other objects will appear. hereinafter.

The inventionv consists .in the. combination and arrangement of parts. hereinafter describedand claimed, 1

The invention will. be ,best understood by a reference to the accompanyingdrawings.

which form a part of this specification and in which,

Fig. 1 is a central vertical. sectional view of the invention. 5

Fig. ,2 is a fragmentarysectional .view.

taken on line 22 of Fig. 1;.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View takenon line 33 of. Fig. 1 with parts broken away.

Fig. 4 is a bottomplan .View. of the invention. p,

In the invention. I providea cylindrical casing. :or outer shell 9 attached to the: pe ripheryv of which is a suitablehandle. 10. r

The lower endof the shell-.01. outer casing tion .12 .abovethe ofi' setportion which.

interiorly threaded; A cover 13 is' hingedly mounted. at 14 on the outer casing or shell 9.

A peripheralbead15 is formed on .this;cas ing. ,A containerlG which is formed cupshaped, is adapted for mounting within'the casing or .outer. shell 9 andis provided at its open .end with [a peripheral head .17 adapted to engage the bead l5. A layer 18 of suitable insulating material, such as asbestos,'ser.ves.to separatethe outer casing of the container 16. A disc 19 provided with a peripheral ring 20 which is threaded on its periphery is used as a closure for the outer casing or shell 9. A supporting ring 22 is secured to the inner surface of the offset portion 11 and serves as a support for the device.

In order to rotate the disc 19 for threading' ,and unthr.eading, .a handgrip 21 is improvement in an electricqshavlng-cup, .and,

welded; soldered or otherwise suitablyse- .eured to the undersurface of the disc l9.. Mounted on they innersurface of the cup-n .shaped member 16 and extending verticallyf opposite.

at substantially diametrically points, are, angle irons 23 and 24, A soap I container is provided which constitutes a flat wall Y25 and an arcuate wall 26, these parts-being preferablymade integral. The

fiat wall 25 engages one side of the angle irons ,23 and 24. Punched from the walls. 7 26 and.25,,adiacentthe lower end thereof,

are tongues 2? which serve to engage and.

support the bottom 29 of this soap container... In use, water is poured into thecontainer 16 and through the openingv 28 formed;

where one of the tongues 27 is punched therefrom. This water has access to the space. below the bottom 29. l

v The closure 19, as shown in Fig. l, is in spaced relationto the bottom. .16 of the container 16.: Positioned in this spacebetween the ,disc.19 and [the bottom 16 is a hollow ring 30,. in which is positioned an insulating ring. 31 :preferablymade from fibre. ..A ring of metal 32 is positioned onv the base of this ring which is cut away as at 33, and engaging thisring is a layer,

34 of insulating material such as fibre. Positioned upon this layer s a layer 35 of fibre and spaced therefrom are the terminals 36 ;;and 37 which are projected between these.

layers and secured to the .layer. 35 by the stud 36 which is projected through the ripheral notches 38 and the notches 39 on the inner side thereof. WVound around this ring 37 and engaging in the notches is an electric layer 35 and. serves as a! terminal for the heating element or wire 40, one end 41 of ,which is attached to the stud 36 of the terminal 37, the other end of the wire being .attached by a suitable terminal to the conusually found in modern homes. The soap may be placed in the soap container and thus the advantages of hot water at the time of shaving obtained when hot water is otherwise unavailable.

In view of the fact that but a small amount of water is used by a person shaving, the cup will afford suflicient capacity to meet these needs, and the presence of the soap in the soap container makes a compact structure which may be transported from place to place.

This soap container is merely slid downwardly in the container 16 behind the guides 23 and 24 and may be removed from the container when desired for cleaning and for other purposes.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of my invention, I do not wish to limit myself to the precise de- .ing element mounted in said outer casing for engaging the base of said container and supporting the same; axially extending guide members mounted on the inner surface of said container; a soap container positioned in said container and engaging at one side said guide members; and a bottom in said soap container spaced above the end thereof, the space thereunder communicating with the interior of said container.

2. A device of the class described, comprising: an outer casing having a peripheral bead formed adjacent its upper end to provide a circumferential groove on its inner face; a'container mounted in said casing and having its periphery spaced from the inner surface of said casing; insulating material mounted in said space; and a peripheral head on the open end of said container engaging in said groove on. said casing for locking said container andsaid casing in fixed relation. 7

. 3. A device of the class described, comprising :an outer casing having a peripheral bead formed adjacent its upperend to provide a circumferential groove on its inner face; a container mounted in said casing and havingits periphery spaced from the inner surface of said casing; insulating material mounted in said space; a peripheral bead on the open end of said container engaging in said groove on said casing for locking said container and said casing in fixed relation, the bottom of said container being spaced from the bottom of said casing; and an electric heating element mounted in said space.

4. A device of the class described, comprising: a cylindrical casing; a closure for one end of said casing, said casing being interiorly threaded adjacent one end; an enlargement on one face of saidclosure at the periphery thereof, having its periphery threaded for threading into said casing; a

heating element supported'by said closure;

a container positioned in said casing and resting upon said heating element; axially extended guide members on the inner surface of said container; a soap container having one side to conform to the inner surface of said container and the other side flat, saidflat side engaging said guide members, said guide'members serving to retain the curled portion of said soap container in engagement with the inner surface of said container. p

5. In a deviceof the class described, a cylindrical container; axially extending guide strips on the inner surface thereof at substantially diametrically opposite positions;

a substantially semi-cylindrical soap container shdably positioned in said container and engaging at its flat side said guide strips and engaging throughout its curled side the inner surface of said container.

6. In a device of the class described, a cylindrical container; axially extending guide strips on the inner surface thereof at substantially diametrically opposite positions;

a substantially semi-cylindrical soap 0011- V In testimony whereofI have signed the foregoing specification.

GEORGE HARVIS. 

